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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters outside of his Capitol office on Sept. 16, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Johnson is the GOP's top scaredy-cat

Alex Galbraith

Facing an impeachment vote on Pete Hegseth, Johnson fled Washington. We should have seen it coming

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. The discussion comes as data centers have emerged as a major political issue in Texas, with Gov. Greg Abbott calling for stronger oversight of their expansion. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Dems in Texas are truly competitive

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

Democrat James Talarico is consistently leading in the polls over Ken Paxton, which is unheard of in recent decades

Tom Cruise (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Tom Cruise wants the last word

Coleman Spilde

In his not-so-wide-ranging GQ profile, Cruise stays convincingly on-message

Inde Navarrette (Brianna Bryson/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

The men who think actresses owe them

Kristen Lopez

Jeff Sneider's threats against Inde Navarrette fit a decades-old pattern in entertainment media

Sen. Mitch McConnell arrives for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2026. It was his first public appearance in more than 90 days. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Mitch is back and it’s terrifying

Troy Farah

McConnell returns from three-month absence, to DC's surprise. But many questions remain

Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson at the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco,  June 7, 2026. (Arnold Jerocki / FilmMagic)

Don Jr.'s wedding, a corruption story

Sophia Tesfaye

ProPublica reveals that a Russian oligarch paid for Bahama nuptials. Right-wing media is silent

President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump says he's respected. World says no

Heather Digby Parton

America's global reputation is in tatters. That's not all Trump's fault, but he sure made it worse

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Suing Ken Paxton over abortion access

Shefali Luthra - The 19th

The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions

Ed Sheeran performs  at TD Garden in Boston, Dec. 14, 2025. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Sheeran's a coward: Can you blame him?

Alex Galbraith

The Macklemore-Kraft saga on his stadium tour shows the thin line artists walk

Author and TV personality Anthony Bourdain (Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images)

Bourdain couldn't quit the kitchen

Francesca Giangiulio

Reissued this summer alongside the "Tony" movie, his crime novels prove some habits stick

Sydney Sweeney (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/getty images)

Sydney Sweeney has no endgame

Coleman Spilde

The actress' racy ads for the sports betting site Novig leave her career trajectory in peril

Donald Trump walks on stage during the first day of the 2026 Republican "midterm convention" in Dallas, Sept. 9, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

White House is terrified of Trump videos

Amanda Marcotte

Natalie Harp’s enormous bag and unflattering photos of Trump's rear end fuel attacks on a reporter

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Are we in the AI end times?

Troy Farah

Anxiety over the dangers of artificial "intelligence" says more about human nature than about the machines

An aircraft alledgedly carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025. Donald Trump Jr's plane landed in Nuuk, Greenland, where he is making a short private visit, weeks after his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, suggested Washington annex the autonomous Danish territory. (Emil Stach / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Arctic adviser's Russia ties

Heather Vogell - ProPublica

Thomas Dans has backed taking over Greenland and advocated reestablishing ties with Russia, where he has business

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie lost the Republican congressional primary after he was targeted by a political smear ad generated by AI (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Massie aims to impeach Hegseth over Iran

Troy Farah

Though the move is not expected to succeed, it could have broad impact on the upcoming elections

Hide your vegetables. You're an adult (twomeows / Getty Images)

Hide your vegetables. You're an adult

Ashlie D. Stevens

Put cheese on the broccoli. Hide zucchini in brownies. You’re still eating the vegetables — and that counts

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks  in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2025. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)

Jasmine Crockett praises Chris Brown

Shefali Luthra - The 19th

We're breaking down why people online are mad at the Texas Democrat

President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SCOTUS blocks Trump's mail voting attack

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

The Supreme Court ruling marked the culmination of a frenzied, monthslong legal battle

Mariska Hargitay performs onstage during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on Sept. 14, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Chloe Kern / WireImage)

The Emmy crimes of Mariska Hargitay

Melanie McFarland

In award shows, making a notoriously boring telecast worse is considered especially heinous

Joseph diGenova has decades of experience in attacking those seen as enemies of the GOP (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump's made man fails to get indictment

Heather Digby Parton

Joseph diGenova's abrupt resignation shows there is no "grand conspiracy"

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during the second day of the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 10, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Why Disney let Ted Cruz hijack "GameDay"

Sophia Tesfaye

ESPN sacrificed its signature show to save Disney's broadcast empire

President Donald Trump and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin listen to a question from the media at Farmleigh House in Dublin on Sept. 12, 2026. (Micheál Martin)

Trump's Irish golf weekend causes uproar

Andrew O'Hehir

Irish unification would be "fantastic," Trump says. Nobody asked, and nobody's thrilled

President Donald Trump departs after delivering remarks at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence on Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, New York. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Anti‑bribery laws and Trump’s promise

Austin Sarat - The Conversation

Trump’s offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crime to pay for votes

Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Evian, France, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump dismisses AI concerns as "hoax"

Troy Farah

A meeting with AI executives at the White House is reportedly in the works, according to Speaker Mike Johnson

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